The New York Herald Newspaper, January 9, 1869, Page 6

6 NEW YORK HERALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ., PROPRIETOR All business or news letter and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New York HERALD. Letters and packages should be properly sealed, Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Re THE DAILY HERALD, published every day in the year. Four cents per copy. Annual subscription Price $12. AMUSEMENTS THIS EVENING. BROADWAY THEATRE, Broadway.—Tus EMERALD RING. Matinee at Ly. NEW YORK THEATRE, Broadway.—THt FIELD OF Hx CLOTA OF GOLD. Matinee at 1g. WALLACK'S THEATRE, Broadway aad Ish street.— WoNDER, A WOMAN KERPS A SECRET. NIBLO'S GARDEN, Broadway,—AFTrr DARK; 08, LON- DON BY Nout. BOWERY THEATRE, Bowery.—Trx Niguts iN 4 Bar Room—Rover’ Nacarke. Matinee at 2 8 OPERA HOUSE, corner of Eichth avenue and sid surcel.La PERICHOLE. Matinee at 2. FRENCH THEATRE. Fourteenth street and Sixth ave- nue.—GENEVIEVE DE BRABANT. — OLYMPIC THEATRE. Broudway.—HumrryY DUMPTY. with NEW FratURsS. Matinee at 1). 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There is little doubt but the Turkish Minister will leave the Conference tf the discussions extend beyond the Sublime Porte’s ultimatum to the Grecian government. The firm position of Turkey on the Eastern dim- culty excites alarm in Europe, It is said that the Greek representative in the Con- ference will not be allowed to offer any proposition, but merely to give information on the subjects under discussion, It ts the intention of the Conference to frame a Project of settlement which Greece will be expected to adopt after its acceptance by the Sublime Porte. A corps of observation in the Pyrenees is to be established by the Spanish government. Much anxiety prevails throughout Spain, in fear of another general outbreak. e It was rumored in Paris yesterday that an insur- rection had broken out in Milan. Japan. Our Jeddo letter is dated November 26. The open- Ing of the city to foreign trade has been deferred in- definitely. Our correspondent gives an interesting description of the city, which is the largest m Japan, and also of the procession accompanying the Mikado on his tour, which he says was a worse turnout than frequently attends a ward meeting in New York. Cuba, An interview, it is rumored, is to be held soon between Captain General Dulce and the prominent revolutionists in Havana, The revolutionary chiefs have concluded to issue @ proclamation freeing all slaves. Hayti. It is reported that the American Consul at Aux Cayea had been maltreated by the insurgents. An attack by land and sea is about to be made by Sal- nave on Aquin, and the women and cliidren had left the town, The British schooner Concn had been seized for attempting to run the blockade at St. Marc, St. Domingo. Our St. Domingo letter is dated December 29, and will be found on our Triple Sheet this morning. General Baez, commanding the government troops, ‘was besieged in Azua, and did not dare to riek an encounter. The revolutionists have largely increased their numbers. Mr. Faben's mission to Washington to negotiate the sale of Samand Bay is very unpopular with the peopie, and Baez's own party is against it, It is said to be only @ job to swindle the Treasury at Washington, Bacz himself being in the ring. Congress. In the Senate yesterday Mr. Spencer, of Alabama, introduced a bill to encourage the production of cotton by authorizing government to purchase it, It was referred to the Committee on Finance. After some further debate on the bill for the relief of Mra, Murphy, of Alabama, the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House, under the call of committees, several bilis of @ private character were passed. The Naval Appropriation bill was made a special order for Monday. In Committee of the Whole Mr. Jenckes’ Civil Service bill was discussed. On rising the Mill- tary Academy Appropriation bill was passed. it tes $271,568. The House then again went ‘nto Committee of the Whole and Mr. Boyer (demo- erat) made a speech in answer to Mr. Blaine on the result of the jate elections. The House at the close adjourned until Monday. Mincellancous. General Lovell H. Rousscau, United States army, commanding in Louisiana, died in New Orieans late on Thareday night. John Minor Botts, of Virginia, died yesterday. ‘A Vessel, supposed to be the A. R. Dunlop, from %, - NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1869._TRIPLE SHEET. Boston for Halifax, va» wreeked yesterday on the Nova Scotia coast and ell hands were lost, The schooner Dorado put tnto Key West on tho 4th, leak- ing badly. The captain and mate had died at sea. ‘The Treasury authorities at Washington have in- formation that certain telegraph companies at New Orleans are in league with the whiskey ring, oMcial despatches from the Secretary of the Treasury to the revenue officials in New Orleans having been sub- mitted in several instances to certain members of the ring before being forwarded to their right direc: tion. Hannibal Hamlin has been nominated for United States Senator by the republican caucus of the Maine Legislature. Governor Chamberlain, of Maine, was inaugurated yesterday. Carl Schurz and Senators Drake and Henderson made speeches before the republican caucus of the Missouri Legislature on Thursday night in advocacy of their claims to the Senatorship. ‘The recent murders of revenue officers in Clarks. ville, Texas, by Mexicans, it is now ascertained by the Treasury authorities, were committed tn the in- terests of the whiskey ring. The Secretary of the Treasury has requested the Secretary of War to have the murderers brought to justice. William Henry Carswell was yesterday hanged at Rome, N. Y., for the murder of Abbie Elizabeth Sanders, The murderer made a full confession of his guilt a few days before his death, The City. The annual report of the Metropolitan Excise Board to the Governor is published elsewhere in our col- umns this morning. During the year $1,431,172 have been collected for licenses and $8,363 as penalties. A meeting having for its object the expresajon of sympathy on behaif of the Cretans, was held at Cooper Institute, under a call signed by a number of eminent citizens, The meeting was called to order by Mayor Hall, and William Cullen Bryant occupied the chair. Addresses were made by Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, Rev. H. W, Bellows, W. C. Bryant and Professor Crosby. ~~ The Working Women’s Association met in room 18 Cooper Institute last evening. Mrs. Ernestine L, Rose was introduced and madg @ speech, tn which she strongly faygred ¢o-operative onion among working women. Miss Anthony, at the conclusion of the speech, announced that the wires were about to be introduced into Cooper Institute to educate girls in telegraphy. A committee was appointed to secure lecturers, also a delegation to attend the Woman's franchise Convention in Washington, and an invitation to atcShd @ meeting of working men in Cooper Institute on Tuesday evening was ac- cepted, after which the meeting adjourned. The steamship San Francisco, Captain Bartlett, will leave pler 17 East river at ten o’clock this morn- ing for Havana, Sisal and Vera Cruz. The sidewheel steamship Bienville, Captain Baker, will sail at three P, M, to-day from pier 36 North river for Havana and New Orleans. The steamer San Jacinto, Captain Atkins, will leave pier No. 8 North river at three P. M. to-day for Savannah. ‘The steamship Empire, Captain Price, will sail at four P. M. to-day from pier 15 East river for Wash- ington and Georgetown, D. C., and Alexandria, Va. The stock market yesterday was marked by a re- vival of the speculative feeling, particularly at the close, when several of the list experienced @ sharp advance. Goid closed at 1254 a 135%. Promiuent Arrivals in the City. Colonel W. B. Franklin, of the United States Army, aud G. J. Appleton, of Newburg, are at the St. Charles Hotel, Sam MoCall, of Nashville, Tenn., and J. R. Selmes, of Quincy, Ill, are at the Maltby House. George H. Pendleton, of Cincinnati; W. E. Chand- ler, of Washington, and Thomas D. Conyngham, of Pennsylvania, are af the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Major J. C. Clark, of Philadelphia; Henry A. Wise, dJr., of Richmond, Va., and John Dickson, of Penn- sylvania, are at the Hoffman House. Dr. C. Bloodgood, of Montreal; Captain Jefferies, of the United States Army, and Dr. Gibson, of Jack- son, Miss., are at theSt. Jufien Hotel. The First Republican State Movement for 1869—What Say the New Hampshire Democracy ¢ ‘ The republican party of New Hampshire, re- presented in State Convention at Concord on Thursday last, have nominated their State ticket and platform and their three candidates ‘| for the Forty-first Congress for their approach- ing March election, As the first State in the field for the new political departure of 1869 the platform of this convention is of some im- portance, particularly as New Hampshire was the first State to nominate General Grant for the Presidency and the first by the popular vote to support his claims against the field in advance of the national nominating conven- tion. Governor Harriman, President of the Con- vention, in his opening address, said :—‘‘To our splendid organization last March, and to the victory which we then snatched from the jaws of defeat, the republican party of the nation owes its great triumph,” and, in truth, while it was a most earnestly contested fight in New Hampshire as the initial test election of the campaign, the result was generally re- garded as marking, under the banner of Gen- eral Grant, a decided popular reaction against the democratic indications of 1867. But what does General Grant's election mean? Gover- nor Harriman says:—‘‘It means that the fruits of the war are to be gathered and garnered ;” “it means liberty and equal rights for all and forever;” that for subduing the great rebellion the republican party ought to have alease of power for a quarter of a century, and that the liberation of four mil- lions of slaves ought to give it another quarter of a century; that the party has the power to perpetuate itself, and that the greatest of all its victories is the last it has achieved in the election of General Grant to the head of the civil government of this land. This will do for the retiring Governor. Among the resolutions adopted was one “in favor of impartial suffrage for alt loyal citizens in the election of members of Congress and Presidential electors,” and calling ‘tapon Con- gress to secure it by enacting the necessary laws or by sending to the Legislatures of the States the neessary constitutional amend- ment.” This means that New Hampshire is for impartial suffrage, restricted or universal, and expects this thing to be carried out under Grant's administration, and it is still probable that a constitutional amendment providing for universal sulfrage, negroes and all, will be adopted by Congress before the close of the present session, for submission to the States, and that this will be a leading issue of the State elections of the present year. Another of these New Hampshire resolu- tions proclaims ‘that the people have em- phatically declared the inviolability and sacred- ness of the national debt,” and that ‘they will tolerate no form or device of repudiation,” but that, “for the purpose of lightening the heavy burden of this indebtedness and restoring the business of the country to a sound basis, the government should adopt all possible means to make the paper dollar of the United States worth a dollar in gold, and to fund the outstanding obligations of the government in new bonds, bearing a lower rate of interest.” A funding bill is, in short, as far as the New Hampsbiro republicans are prepared to go at present o0 the important question of the na- tional debt, with the additional saving reme- dies of retrenchment and reform in the na- tional expenditures and revenue collections. We guess, too, from the clashing of the vari- ous financial theories and schemes brought forward in Congress, that a funding bill will be the final compromise. Another resolution of this New Hampshire series calls for an in- vestigation into the ballot box frauds in the late Presidential election; but the object is, perhaps, only to spur up the Congressional committee engaged in this work. The New Hampshire republicans for 1869 hold to their position of 1868 substantially, nothing having yet occurred to suggest a change of front. But what will the New Hampshire democracy do? On the issues upon which they fought the battle for the Presidential! succession they have been signally defeated. Upon the same issues they will, in all probability, be defeated again, and three members of Congress are at stake. What, then, wil! the democrats do? Will they still insist that the reconstruction acts of Congress are ‘‘unconstitutional, null and void,” and that the five-twenties must be paid off in green- backs, and that the greenbacks must be left to shift for themselves? or what course will they take? The New Hampshire democrats are saddled with a grave responsibility in this business, for the position they assume will be accepted as indicating the general drift of their party, and ata timo when the necessities of their situation suggest a newdeparture, They must look the results of the late elections in the face and admit that the world moves, or they will be left among the things of the past. The New Cable from France. While the company formed to lay 9 new Atlantic cable from thé French bust to the American shore is vigorously pushing forward its work, and just as it is on the point of com-. mencing active operations, a set of narrow- minded jobbers among our own people en- deavor to throw obstacles and embarrassments in the way of the enterprise. We are told that no foreign company can land a telegraph eable on the American coast without the special permission of the United States govern- ment, and one benighted Senator is found at Washington capable of proposing in the Senate Chamber that we shall use this pretence in this age of progress to prevent the construction of this new means of communication with Europe. Such a proposition from a statesman of the Chinese Emperor a few years ago, before Burlingame’s mission, might not have excited surprise; but coming from the Senate of the United States, it stamps its author as a man altogether behind the times. The proper de- velopment of the telegraph business is now the study of statesmen and the object of intelligent citizens In every couniry, and the progress of the world in this direction for the next ten years will no doubt be great. The need of more Atlantic cables is universally conceded, and the opposition to the new enterprise does not come from the present cable company, whose business would be increased rather than diminished by competition, but from the ‘‘nar- row-minded blockheads” of the Western Union monopoly, who desire to trade upon cable news on their own account, and whose specu- lations would be interfered with by a cable landing directly in the city of New York. That the stockholders of the Western Union Company derive no benefit from this dog-in- the-manger policy is sufficiently evident from the fact that their stock has been run down from sixty-four to thirty-two—fifty per cent— since the present management was installed, only a little aver a year ago. The French Cable Company has the right to land its cable on the American coast and to connect with independent lines under the general law. The State of New York has the power to grant it the right of way if such an act should be necessary; but if there were really any doubt or question on these points Congress should immediately grant the privi- lege to any company requiring it. We need more Atlantic cables, and especially should we seek to secure one from the French coast, as in the event of any unpleasant complica- tions with England we should then have the means of communication with Europe through a friendly nation. Mechanics’ Lives. The scaffolds that mechanics go upon to re- pair the outsides of houses are almost as dan- gerous asthe one they use in the Tombs to settle the cases of men for whom society is too good. Another pitched a painter to the ground the day before yesterday, killing him, of course. This isan accident that happens constantly. The scaffold is generally a ladder suspénded at either end by rotten ropes, and having one or two boards laid loosely lengthwise asa floor. One of the boards gets misplaced, or the ladder tips sidewise, or a rope breaks or slips, and in any one of these events from one to four painters or carpenters are “killed instantly.” Is there not authority somewhere—in the police, the Board of Health or the Superintendent of Build- ings—to institute a supervision in this matter and dictate the provisions that shall be made for safety? It recently happened down town that a journeyman refused to go on one of these tipsy scaffolds, and he was immediately given the option of going up or taking his dia- charge. He could not afford the latter, he thought, and went up. In less than an hour he and several others were plunged to che street by the accident he had feared. Four or five fathers of families went out of the werld together, and the ‘boss who had made the scaffold was one of the party. A Free Press wy Cona.—The proclamation of General Dulce, conceding freedom for the press, the right of meeting in public and repre- sentation in the Cortes, inaugurates a sew order of things in Cuba, which, we doubt sot, will soon change the aspect of affuirs there. A free press is the safety-valve against reyoln- tion, and we advise General Dulce to con- sider it in that light and rest confident ic the result. We undorstand that sort of thirg in this country, and whenever a set of enthudasts wish to get up @ row or a revolution ws let them have plenty of printer's ink, and they soon subside, Jt lets off the superaburdant gas, and the would-bo heroes soon become the most commonplace of common fools, for @ time they may raise a noise in the General's ears, but he need not be alarmed—it wil be only sound and nonsense, Let them have plenty of printer's ink. Mexican Affairs in a Bad Way. Our latest news from Mexico via Havana re- presents the affairs of our sister republic as dis- mally blue. The country is represented as on the verge of another revolution, and these re- ports we find no difficulty in believing. The people are said to be getting disgusted with Juarez, which is quite probable, inasmuch as he has given them comparatively little em- ployment in fighting each other, and of this sort of monotony they tire very soon. The government officials, it is given out, act as they please, which means, we suppose, that they are plundering the treasury'as fast as it is replenished. ‘‘And there is no protection to American residents.” This is a matter for General Rosecrans, of whom, however, no- thing is said in these reports. Lastly, the Mexi- cans, as it appears, are very ‘“‘much incensed against the United States, and some of them clamor for another war.” All this news comes by the French steamer Imperatrice, from Vera Cruz, from which it may be open to the suspicion of a little French coloring; but still we are pre- pared for another revolution as the next move on the Mexican chessboard. Where the great body of the people are semi-barbaric citizens of Indian descent, and where the ruling classes are @ corrupt clergy and fighting po- litical adventurers of Spanish descent, and where the central government has no facilities of communication in the way of telegraphs, railroads or steamboats with the different States, there is but little hope for law and order under Mexican independence. Louis Napoleon was right so far, but somewhat off the track in ignoring the Monroe doctrine and in supposing that with the aid of Jeff bg would make the emptrd of Kaximi- Yah A euccess, We fear that General Grant, in the course of the next four years, will have to undertake the reconstruction of Mexico, and he, perhaps, entertains the same opinion, Tho Dramatic Fdnd Balt? The Dramatic Fund ball, it should bo remembered, is announced for Monday, January 11, at the Academy of Music. This ball, like its prototype in Paris, is usually the most brilliant and attractive one of the season. It would be superfluous to eulogize the charitable purposes to which its receipts are devoted. Our public is fully conscious of the large debt which it owes to the members of the dramatic profession. So far as it can it will gladly repay this debt. It-will promptly respond to appeals in behalf of the superannuated, the infirm, the sick and the distressed among a class which contributes more liberally and more directly than any other in the community to the public happiness. When the eye that has so often kindled or melted the eyes of thousands has grown dim; when the voice that has so often thrilled our hearts is broken; when the living statue of majesty or of grace which we have 80 often admired is prostrated; when strong men and fair women who have consecrated their genius and their youth to the noble ser- vice of awakening our best emotions, of ex- tending our horizon “from the narrow circle of low anxieties and selfish joys to the farthest boundaries of our moral horizon,” of inspiring hearty laughter and of suffusing our eyes with natural tears—when any of these men and wo- men chance to need our aid let us eagerly show our gratitude. Especially in New York, where the passion for theatrical entertainments is so strong and where the stage is now at the height of prosperity, a Dramatic Fund ball ought to be a greater success than ever or elsewhere. The managers of our theatres will not forget how rich a harvest they have reaped during the past year, nor will the pub- lic forget how much enjoyment it has derived from the recent extraordinary attractions of these theatres. The Dramatic Fund ball must be a splendid success. Tue Paris CONFERENCE ON THE TuRKO- Greek QuesTIon.—It appears by our tele- grams from Europe that the Conference of the great Powers on the difficulty between Turkey and Greece will certainly meet in Paris to-day. The request of the former for a postponement for a few days bas not been acceded to. This seeming discourtesy to the Sublime Porte shows the urgent necessity of immediate action to prevent further complications. The Euro- pean Powers are resolved to prevent, if pos- sible, a war that might set the whole Continent in ablaze. It is evident from this prompt action that there is peril in the existing state of affairs between Turkey and Greece with re- gard to Crete. It indicates further that these Powers are going to ignore the scruples of the hostile parties and will dictate the terms of settlement. If so, neither Turkey nor Greece will hardly venture to resist the decision of the Conference. In view of the issues that may be involved the news of the proceedings of the Conference will be looked for with great in- terest. Mvrper AND Patantnrory.—No further tidings of the man who killed Mr. Rogers in Twelfth street. But what is the use of catch- ing him, after all? We evidently cannot hang him, This is the State in which the theory was first developed that a man who kills another man must be insane, and Mr. Seward was the lawyer who developed it. It has been finally so much developed that the fact of the murder is accepted as evidence of the insanity. With the Cole case in view is it worth while to try to hang any one? Mr. Seward, when he gave full effect to the plea of insanity on behalf of a negro who had com- mitted a frightiul murder, saved a worthless life and made murder free. This is the way of philanthropy. Ithas many tears for a mur- derer, but no regard for society. A Hint to Victims.—If you are robbed of goods, clothes, jewelry, &., the only value these have to the thief is his ability to sell them, If he finds he cannot sell them he will send them home on reasonable terms. He cannot sell them if you make it sufficiently known that they are stolen, and this can be done by constant advertising in the Herato, These points are developed in the story of a stolen diamond ring, printed in a communica- tion the other day. Tho owner of the ring persistently advertised his loas, with a minute description of the jewel, and after four years the thief returned it with the message, “You mado such @ hell of a blow about it that every damned beak knows of it,” i The New Yow York Theatre. New York is now rejoicing in the mojt pros- perous theatrical season which it his ever witnessed. All the theatres are nightly crowded. Matinées are multiplied. ¢oncert halls, ballrooms and lecture rooms aie used for dramatio entertainments. Many Sshion- able parlors are to be devoted to privae the- atricals, and the little leisure which is left to our busiest actors and actresses is eaployed by several of them in training stag+struck belles and beaux, who are desertimg ‘The German” to become Ophelias and Hamlets. High tragedy is the rage among these|new as- pirants after histrionic honors. | Meanwhile the public at large is fiithful to its preferences in favor of opéra boufe and all the diversified forms of the burlesme which have sprung from this abounding source of sparkling music and mirth. To-dght the last of the twelve weeks’ represenations of “Genevitve de Brabant” at the Frenjh theatre will take place. Every seat has been se- cured Dy those who are determined mt to lose another chance of admiring MI. Gabel and Bourgoin in the incomparable} acene of the gendarmes and Mile. Desclauias in the réle of Drogan—a réle which she sustains so charmingly as to merit applause fiom Mme. Rose-Bell herself. Happily Mme. Rjse-Bell is recovering from her late severe illngs, and on Monday evening she will appear jn Hervé’s “‘L’CEil Crevé,” which is to be prodaced with cast as powerful afd a mise en scine as splendid as those of ‘‘Genevitve d¢ Brabant.” At Pike's Opera House ‘‘La Pé¢riciple” is in the full tide of success, Mille, Irma and M. Aujac divide the principal honors ¢ this most popular opera by Offenbach nex to “La Grande Duchesse.” Mile. De cals by appeared to better advanta: seaais e pic- turesque Indian heii “hice vens ne third act of “La Périchole.” At Bryants’ Minstrels’ Opera House, at Kelly & Leon's _ Yinstis{g- at the San) Francisco or if Minstrels, at Tony Pastor's Optra House, as well as at Wood’s Museuitybutlesque as- sumes its most laughter-provoldug shapes. At the Worrell Sisters the ‘Field of the Cloth of Gold” is decidedly ‘‘a hit.” Atthe Bowery theatre the matinée attraction to-day is ‘‘Lit- tle Katy, the Hot Corn Girl.” At the Olym- pic “Humpty Dumpty” survives all changes of dynasty, and a new railroal sensation, “After Sunset,” has been added to its kaleido- scopic novelties, At the Tammany, the “mammoth palace of amusements”—from its inauguration a prodigious sucods de curtosité— a new transformation scene has been intro- duced, surpassing all the marvels of the “Black Crook” and the “White Fawn.” At the New York Circus pantomimic and acro- batic surprises compete with equestrian feats. To return towards the domain of the more or less ‘“‘legitimate drama.” At the Broadway theatre John Brougham’s “Emerald Ring” will be given this af- ternoon and this evening, At Niblo’s Gar- den ‘‘After Dark,” with its thrilling railroad scene, is the permanent sensation, At Wal- lack’s Lord Lytton’s great comedy of “‘Money” was played yesterday evening ‘‘the last time for the present,” the characters being well sus- tained by Messrs. Lester Wallack, John Gil- bert, Charles Fisher, J. Matthews, J, B. Polk, B. T. Ringgold, C. H. Rockwell, G. F. Browne, E. Milton and G. Melton, Mrs. Clara Jennings, Miss Emily Mestayer and Mrs, Sed- ley Brown—an excellent cast. To-night “‘The Wonder” will be represented for the second time. To-night, also, at the Union League Club theatre, Mme. Von Baerndorf (Baroness von Schoultz) will begin her series of comedy representations. At these an additional at- traction will be offered by the performances of Mr. Oscar Pfeiffer, the pianist. We shall probably have to wait until Febru- ary before Mr. Booth’s splendid theatre and Mr. Brougham’s cosey and elegant little theatre will be opened to an admiring public. Zn at- tendant New Yorkers, with their constantly renewed stream of visitors from every part of the world, will continue to fill the numerous theatres already open and to justify the claim of our metropolis to be ono of the foremost theatrical cities, not excepting either London or Paris. A Worp or Apvice.—We have a word of advice to offer to our Canadian neighbors. It is, to keep their good gold dollars at home and not to throw them away at Washington upon a lobby whose maw is rapacious enough to swallow up the whole Canadian treasury in asingle session. Sir John Macdonald and his associates may rest assured that all the para- graphs about Seward being favorable to a reciprocity treaty and about Congress being certain to pass one, and about General Grant favoring reciprocity, which they see from time to time in the Washington reports, are only so many minnows set to catch larger fish, and we have no doubt they find that all such state- ments are followed by calls for more money for the lobby. The truth is, Congress will pass no reciprocity law in favor of Canada and which that government finds it worth her while to pay a large amount of money to secure; 80 the Canadians had better keep their gold dol- Jara athome. They may want them all before the winter is over. Tue Orver or Promotion.—Grant’s re- moval to the Presidency naturally excites dis- cussion as to the order of succession to the high places in the army. Sherman, it has hitherto been thought, would become General in Grant's place, and Sheridan Lieutenant General in Sherman's place. Sheridan's is a brilliant name ; but there are those who argue well for Thomas as one of the ggandest old fighters, and they would put him where this programme would put Sheridan. Other names are also mentioned in the same relation— Heintzelman, Augur, &c. The first is espe- cially an old, gallant and deserving soldier, who has not had from the government his full meed for good service through the war, though we doubt if this thought will give him a place for which Thomas and Sheridan are named, Tue Rient To LAND Terorara Capits.— With regard to foreign countries there are no State lines. All our coast is United States const in at once the strictest and the most comprehensive sense. No State has any right to enter into treaty or international relations of a similar character with foreign countries, Therefore to land a cable on this const no other authority is required than the general law of Congress passed several rears singe, Tho Work and the Joba Bofo y sito | The present Congress expires on the 4th of March next, when the new Congress (pretty much of the same kidney in both houses) will take its place. Within the interval of twa months, however, the business before tha present Congress must be finished or it will have to be commenced over again at the be- ginning or abandoned. The calendar of both houses embraces the following list of legitt. mate, regular and incidental measures and miscellaneous jobs:— 1 Kind regular annual appropriation billa, ine bie pi ay ‘incidental appropriations and pri- vate claims, inclading numerous jo} 3. Financial bills, including the national debt, bonds, banks, currency, internal revenue and tarift measures and all the revenue rings. 4. Reconstruction bills, including the rectification of the late Tonisiana and. Georgia Sections, Pied constitutional amendments on un! and amnesty, the restoration of Virginia, Mississipp! and Texas, &c. 6. Territorial and Indian affairs, embracing nu- merous Indian jobs and jobs in the gold regions and re Com “oer treaties and treaty claims and joba, . Comme! such as the Sandwich Island treaty and Canadian rocity. x ti Internal improvement appropriations, at tha head of which stand the big jobs of the proj Ni ship canal and the rebuilding of the sippl river levees, 8. Pacific main lines, and branch railroads, ol other railroad land and bond absorbing jobs—e ti mendous schedule. 9. Steamshii oa ae and subsidies, embracing seve- romusing Jo! is lrg CO aecaaet embracing a budget of very profitable jo! 11. New post offices and post routes, air line railroads, ae bills for the general orally Phi Fyre] grapbs REG HEOMN the United States and with fore countries. 12, Miscellaneous bills and resolutions, and jobs of all sorts, not included in the list mentioned. Here is a catalogue which would be very alarming with a six months’ session of tha present Congress before us; 8 thig Con- gress must fring up its eS the 4th of March "will be simply impossible to get through with more than a third or a fourth of the jobs before the two houses, while there is fair prospect that not one-tenth of them will be reached, for want of time. Then, a8 with the new Congress General Grant will take the helm in place of Johnson, we look fora vigorous application of the pruning knife in the ve of retrenchment and reform. Kin eer Convention. 3B ” The State Sportsitien ~ aagagirenag ed ag se loge ganization composed of dé any i's various clubs existing throughout tle” Bet, who meet once in each year for the purpose discussing questions of interest to the mem/ bers and affecting the game laws, and the pro< tection or propagation of game and of en- tering into friendly trials of skill. At these an- nual conventions there are pigeon matches, as well as contests with the rifle and pistol, and in casting the fly, and the prizes presented to the winners are handsome pieces of plate,’ vases, pitchers and goblets. The attendance is usually large, and hundreds, if not thou- sands, of the ablest and most accomplished sportsmen are drawn together by them. The discussions of these gentlemen have dono much towards establishing fair rules to govern such matches and in pointing out the manifold errors and deficiencies in our game laws. The only difficulty in the way of their becoming a complete success is that professional shooters have obtained access to the contests, and, of course, secure a large proportion of the prizes. In spite, however, of this defect more or less good is effected yearly by the meeting, and the feeling of true sportsmanship is kept alive and extended. The last convention, which was held at Buffalo, under the auspices of the Forester Club of that city, was fully attended, and was not only an eminent suc- cess, but initiated a movement which, if properly carried out, may lead to excellent results, A,resolution was passed requesting every club in this State to send one or more members as delegates to Albany to urge upon the Legislature the passage of proper and sen- sible laws for the protection of the game which is fast disappearing from our fields, A notice has lately been issued appointing the second Tuesday of this month as the time for the assembling of this convention. If the various local clubs second the move- ment and unite with it earnestly and heartily by sending their most influential members to Albany on that day the Legislature can hardly refuse to listen to them, and cannot afford to treat with contempt their suggestions, as it has heretofore treated all efforts to have ” proper amendments to the game laws enacted. It now depends upon the sportsmen themselves whether the present ruthless destruction of the Sere nature shall continue or be effectually prevented. The Monument to Maximilian at Tricete. It appears that though the Mexicans shot Maximilian as an invader and a tyrant the inhabitants of Trieste and the people around Miramar who knew the quiet and well meaning gentleman have resolved to erect for him a monument. Among the many friends who have subscribed is the Emperor Napoleon. A cable despatch informs us that his name is down for five thousand francs. It is a small, a pitiful subscription; but when we remember that the history of the future will never cease to hold him largely responsi- ble for the life of Maximilian the five thousand franca have a meaning. It would scarcely have been wise to make it larger, but to have set his name down for a smaller sum would have brought down on Napoleon's bead the indignation of the world. Maximilian’s trip to Mexico was a big blunder. Napoleon was mainly responsible for the trip, and it will be a long time before the world will excuse him for the blunder. Five thousand francs is a small peace offering to the manes of Maxi- milian and to the sorrowing soul of poor Carlota. Tue Country's Loss.—The telegraph an- nounces the death of General Rousseau, lately in command in the Louisiana district. The bitterness of politics and this soldier's adhe- sion to the President rather than to the radi- cals have contributed shadows to dim the glory of his name in some quarters; but through the war he served the country with distinguished devotion and gallantry. In death his politics will be forgotten and the re- membrance of his services in battle will bo treasured by the nation, Anorner State ror Grant's Caprner.— For Secretary of the Treasury, A. T. Stewart. Other places pretty much as before—Charles Francis Adams for the State Dopartment, Porter for the Navy, McClellan for the War De- partment, Washburne for the Intorior and Everts for Attorney General,